Sewer rate ordinance passes third reading

The assembly gave final, unanimous approval Monday to Ordinance 2026-11, updating the borough’s sewer-utility service rates for FY2027 through FY2030. Built on the utility’s annual rate review, the ordinance cites rising operating costs, aging infrastructure and increasingly stringent EPA and state environmental requirements. It passed 6-0 on third reading after unanimous first and second readings.

In his memo, Assistant Public Works Director Thomas Rummel wrote that critical components — lift stations, piping, pumps, controls and the marine outfall — are approaching or past their service life...